• Diesel generator debate continues in borough

    Health and pollution concerns regarding the possible use of diesel generators as power back-up for times of high electricity demand are causing some conflict in Ephrata Borough. Borough council is considering installing diesel generators intended to benefit...

    • Posted June 19, 2019
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  • Publisher announces new press, projects

    The press in the Greenfield Corporate Center will soon begin producing The Review, Lititz Record Express, LNP, and other publications Inviting Gov. Tom Wolf and 150 community leaders to Steinman Park to celebrate 225 years of newspapering,...

    • Posted June 19, 2019
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  • Summer’s first Concert by the Creek is a rollicking frolic

    The Rumpke Mountain Boys may hail from Cincinnati, but their sound is all West Virginia holler, and if you didn’t like bluegrass before you heard them Tuesday night, you couldn’t help but tap a toe when they...

    • Posted June 19, 2019
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  • Inaugural Summer Fest will showcase local artisans

    Lititz watercolor artist Andy Smith has painted just about every scene at the historic Ephrata Cloister, from the Saron sister’s house to the Saal meeting house. Redware artist Curt Pearson was inspired by the traditional Pennsylvania German...

    • Posted June 19, 2019
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  • Lincoln Fire Chief addresses council

    Last May, when crews from the Lincoln and Pioneer fire companies arrived at a house fire, they were told of the possibility of someone still in the home. The situation was bleak, with only a slim chance...

    • Posted June 19, 2019
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  • Ephrata Area School Board adopts 2019-2020 budget

    EASD approved the district’s 2019-2020 budget Monday evening that includes a 1.75 percent tax increase equal to one-third of a mill. Last year, residents paid 16.95 mills in real estate taxes, and that figure has now inched...

    • Posted June 19, 2019
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  • Concerts by the Creek to kick off Tuesday with Rumpke Mountain Boys

    On Tuesday, June 18, the annual Concerts by the Creek series kicks off at 6:30 p.m. in Ephrata’s Grater Park with Rumpke Mountain Boys. All concerts are free to the public and open to all ages. The...

    • Posted June 12, 2019
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  • A first for EHS

    Three musicians earn all-state honors in different ensembles For the first time, three Ephrata High School students participated in three different state music ensembles…and they are all underclassmen. Juniors Jamie Chon, Braden Mulcahy, and Olivia Schmid were...

    • Posted June 12, 2019
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  • A purple and golden moment

    EHS seniors say good-bye on a near perfect night It’s possible the collective joy of the Ephrata High School class of 2019 pushed back the gray skies and threatening clouds that promised downpours earlier in the day,...

    • Posted June 12, 2019
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  • Births – Reported June 12, 2019

    AUKER, Carl S. and Cheryl (Brubaker), Ephrata, a daughter, at WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital, June 5. BLAKE, Erin, and Jeremy L. Swiney, Adamstown, a son, at Women & Babies Hospital, June 5. CUSTER, Randy T. and Amanda...

    • Posted June 12, 2019
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